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JMAILTRIBUNI, Medford, Oregon, Tueiday. October 28, 13I American Churches Try To Rescue Halloween Br LOUIS CASSELS United Press International America's churches are try ing to rescue Halloween from "Paganism." Although many people now adays hardly realize the fact, Halloween was originally a religious observance the vigil of All Saints' Day. The name ' Halloween" is a corruption of "All Hallows Eve," which is what the med ieval English called the occa sion. Ancient legend holds that the spirits of the saints return to earth on Halloween. Em broidered b y superstitious minds, this legend became the basis for Halloween's as sociation with "Witches and hobgoblins." Some years ago, churches began working with schools and other community agen cies to curb youthful vandal ism on Halloween. At first, their efforts were concentra ted on sponsoring "whole some costume parties for youngsters to keep them out of trouble. Now there Is a growing effort in both Catholic and Protestant churches to invest Halloween with a positive re ligious meaning. Hundreds of Catholic par ishes this year will conduct special worship services on Halloween. Children will come in costumes intended to represent patron saints. For example, St. Cecilia, patron saint of music, might be rep resented by a girl wearing a Roman "robe and carrying a violin. The Catholic service, to which parents and other ad ults also are invited, usually includes prayers, a short ser mon on the lives of the saints, and a procession of the cos tumed children. Observance of this Hallo ween service has increased rapidly in Catholic parishes in recent years under the FLOORCOVERIIIG SERVICE 127 NORTH RIVERSIDE Wa Install Your LINOLEUM, CARPET, FORMICA & TILE Carpet and Furniture Cleaning Repairing SP 3-6387 Eves. SP 3-3943 RCA VICTOR'S SOUND SPECTACULARS FOR '59 Hear these New "Living Stereo" Records Or on Regular Long Plays ft 111 V LPM-1642 lv jf v PDRUCKER MUSIC HOUSE 1 1 1 North Central, Medford Phone SP 2-5702 Featuring 4 exclusive - comforts... all weather air conditioning; fully equipped restroom; panoramic windows: air suspension rid. ii leadership of Msgr. Martin Hellriegel of St. Louis, a not ed Catholic liturgist. Protestant churches throughout the country will emulate an idea which seems to have originated in 1950 with a group of churches in the little town of Lost Na tions, Iowa. The churches of Lost Nations got their child ren to go out on Halloween and instead of asking "treats" for themselves to collect money for relief of hungry children overseas. The National Council of churches has formally en dorsed the idea, and funds collected this Halloween may be turned over to its relief branch, Church World Serv ice, for use in its "share our surplus" program of food dis tribution in 47 countries. Some churches, as well as many schools, will arm child ren with coin boxes and ere-J dentials to collect money for the United Nations Children's Fund. A third program, similar in spirit, is sponsored my the American Friends Service Committee (Quaker). Children dressed as "friendly beggars" collect needles, pins, thimbles and scissors to be made up into sewing kits for mothers of destitute families overseas. The United Nations' Child ren Fund program will be car ried on in Medford again this year. Schools, service clubs and UN chapter members are cooperating in the plans. Many Players Attend Bridge Club Session Thirty-eight players com peted in last Wednesday's dup licate bridge game of River side Bridge" club. The club plays each Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hatton. North-south winners were Mrs. Hatton and Mrs. Paul Mo Duffee, first; Mrs. George B. Dean and Mrs. Jack Mitchell, second; Mrs. Walter Winner and Mr. Hattan tied with Mrs. C. L. Howard and Mrs. A. W. Lingaas for third place Winning east-west were Mrs. M. M. Herman and Mrs. Van Gilbert, first; Mrs. Benja min Todd and Mrs. W. 'W. Stevenson, second; Mrs. Berg Marten and Mrs. William Knope, third; Mrs. Josephine Clark and Mrs. Yvonne Dalen, fourth. CM-1790 Its trip 1PM-1680 A JT'S hit Just way U1F -.r..r. Trick-Treat Plan Of Pathfinders Will Aid Needy Boys and girls of the Med ford Seventh-day Adventist church's Pathfinder club will ring doorbells Thursday night, October 30, in traditional Hal lowe'en manner. Instead of a treat for themselves, however, the youngsters will invite con tributions of canned goods which they will use in the preparation of Thanksgiving food baskets for the commun ity's needy families. They will also carry a "treat" for those whose doors they approach in the form of application blanks for a free Bible correspondence course. The application entitles the holder to a course in general Bible knowledge which will come through the mail, and may be taken at the recipient's leisure. There is no cost or ob ligation of any kind connected with the course, and it is giv en for the purpose of increas ing community interest in the study of the Bible. The Pathfinder organization is sponsored by the church for it's youth in the 10 to 16 years of age bracket, and is intern- tional in scope. It's purpose is to provide the youth with use ful and worth-while activities. Various crafts are taught the boys and girls with special em phasis on nature study and camp crafts, and Christian en deavor is a part of their train ing. The operation Thursday night will be a part of their program of community serv ice. Gardeners Plan Portland Show Portland-'Christmas Splen dor," fifth annual Christmas show sponsored by Pioneer, Multnomah and Portland dis tricts of the Oregon Federa tion of Garden clubs, will be held in the Hotel Multnomah Rose Bowl December 6 and 7. This year exhibits are open to all members of garden clubs in the Oregon Federation. There are divisions for novice, amateur and advanced ama teur. Interested exhibitors out side the three districts should contact the general chairman, Mrs. Lindsay Mercer, 934 SW Cheltenham street in Port land, for schedules and infor mation. Entries close Novem ber 5. Proceeds from the show will be used for scholarships, national cemetery and other projects of civic or state interest-Party Announced By Wenonah Club r Wenonah club will sponsor the semi-annual card party at 1 pjn. Thursday, October 30, at Redman hall. Pinochle, bridge and canasta will be played. Members are asked to in vite friends, and all former members are extended an in vitation. Cookies and coffee will be available to guests continuously during play. The club president Mrs. Charles Dooms, telephone SP 3-5005, will give further information. Calendar Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m of the day of publication and for weeK day news is 5 p.m. the day before publication. 7:30 p.m. Southern Ore gon Mushroom club, Clyde Minger residence. 8 p.m. Eagle Point Ele mentary Parent Teacher asso ciation, grade school auditor ium. 8 p.m. Natural Foods as sociates, Medford High school, room 30. 8 pan. Pythian club, home of Mrs. Arnold Motschenbach er, Old Stage rd. Wednesday: v 11 a.m. Medford Town send club, Carpenters hall, 123V4 West Main st. 1 p.m. Home Economics FASTI EXPRESS SCENICRUISER SERVICE p,us 3 0,her schedul' such t comfort to fake the bus GREYHOUND THERE'S A GREYHOUND AGENT NEAR YOU Chinese Children Win Tourist Hearts, Coins By GAY PAULEY UPI Women's Editor Hong Kong -0JPD- It's the Chinese children who first get to the heart-and pocketbook- of the Ameri can tourist in this British crown colony. The shop keepers prac tically haul us off the streets and into their stores, to show and sell us their bargains Gay Pauley in clothing, jewelry, cameras, and knick-knacks for the house. But the children, with their dirty, out - stretched hands, first must be served. The appeal in their small faces can't be ignored, no mat ter how often the residents warn that they are tools for the avaricious adults, who or ganize whole blocks or neigh borhoods. They are forced to turn their haul over to these fagans and occasionally are tossed a small coin in return. "Give, but give through or ganized charities," one young Chinese woman, the wife of an American resident, warn ed me. "Otherwise, you're just encouraging the system." I agreed. We should sup port the organized charities in any land. But even with the mental picture of the adults profiting on children's need, I still found myself un able to resist the small hands and the looks in their eyes. Apparently the children have an "underground" oper ating just as efficiently as any government spy network, in this city of mystery', and in trigue. Because news that strang ers with ready change are in town spreads rapidly. My per sonal charity program began when I got off a ferry between the island and the mainland, where my hotel was located. "Please, Missy," said a voice beside me, and I looked' down. "Please ..." I just happened to have some change not yet pocketed from my ferry ticket. Woman Expert On Computers United Press International Chicago -flJPD- Phyllis Hug gins interprets scientists to scientists. She is an expert on elec tronic computers at the Ben- dix Aviation Corporation, Los Angeles. Mrs. Huggins helped devel op the training program, a vir tually untested field, and tells firms which buy or rent the electronic brain how to staff it. The slender brunette trav els more than 12,000 miles a year. Her mother oftens stays with her two sons, aged 16 and 11, while she checks on who is using the computers, what they are doing and how they do it. The job, Mrs. Huggins said is ideal for women who "have the preciseness, neatness, im agination and capacity for fine details." Mrs. Huggins, a technical writer, was hired to rewrite manuals on the computers. Soon she was assigned to or ganize training classes for cus tomers, and within three years she was accepted as an expert on computers. She became interested in computers only because "the subject matter was intriging, and my curiosity got the bet ter of me." There are approximately 8,000 computers in use now, but Mrs. Huggins said the field is too new to have stand ardized salaries. She estimated programmers make at least $600 a month. club, Eagle Point Grange, home of Mrs. Neva Clifford, Pinehurst and Gregory rd. 1:30 p.m. Fidelity club, with Mrs. Roy Morris, 621 Palm st. and leave the driving to us! From then on, anytime I left my hotel, I had an en tourage of small beggars, some seeking coins only, other of fering faded flowers or shoe shines in return. On one morn ing of shopping I had three shoeshines-not the most ex pert of jobs, but with each went a wide smile from be neath a bowl haircut. They tell you, the residents, that the direct giving is wrong, but I didn't see any visitors saying "No." Maybe we were thinking, we have so much; these are children whose home is the street, whose meal is a bowl of rice eaten not at a dining-room table but from a newspaper spread on a sidewalk. Or maybe we were recall ing what He said nearly two thousand years ago: "Suffer the little children, and forbid them not . . . for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Medford Student Is Member of University Choir Greenville. S.C.-Miss Carol Faye Ellison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ellison, 493 Haven street, Medford, has been selected by the Bob Jones University music fac ulty to sing in a Vesper choir. Miss Ellison, an alto, is a jun ior majoring in elementary education in the School of Education of Bob Jones uni versity. One of four choirs appears each Sunday on Vespers, an hour-long, sacred and classical recital of speech and music se lections presened in Rode- heaver auditorium on the Bob Jones University campus. The choral selections are per formed with piano, pipe or gan, or orchestral accompani ment. Each week, approximately 3,000 persons attend the Ves per program, which is fully staged with stylized scenery and dramatic lighing effects. During performances the choir may "be located on a large, scenic staircase or on one of several electrically- operated stage elevators and turntables. Student Enrolls At Bible School Los Angeles-Miss Elizabeth Ann Cushman, daughter of William E. Cushman, Trail, Ore., has enrolled in . the Missionary Medicine, a divi sion of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Inc. BIOLA, as the fifty-year-old training cen ter is more commonly known, has a student body of more than 800 according to a report issued today by school author ities. Miss Cushman attended Grant Union High school of Sacramento. Following High school, Miss Cushman attend ed Prairie Bible Institute of Three Hills, Alberta, Canada where she was floor super visor for two years. Since attending school, Miss Cushman worked at Daily Vacation Bible school, camp work and hospital work for three months. She is a mem ber of the Trail Community church where she was an as sistant Sunday School teacher. Plans for the future include a course of Summer Linguis tics, and then jungle camp. Speakers' Group Tries Experiment Medford Toastmistress club members tried an experiment in the making of speeches at the last meeting. Speakers were blindfolded, and the talks were made without ges tures. Purpose of the experi ment was to judge the tone quality and variety of pitch in the voices as an aid to "putting across" an idea. Autobiographies were given by Mrs. Thomas Ball and Mrs. Elmer Ness. Miss Irene Bar clay talked five minutes on "Harvest" and Mrs. Ellen Lynner on "Hidden Powers." Two panel discussions fol lowed the format of the tele vision program, "Keep Talk ing," the participants being Mrs. James Van der Steen and Mrs. Bernice Kunzman on one team; . Mrs. Bertha Haskins and Mrs. Clarence Rolls on the other. Toastmistress for the meet ing, held at Girls Community club, was Mrs. C. H. Red mond. Mrs. Mary Sands was topicmistress and Mrs. Wal lace Haskins gave the invo cation. Mrs. Arnold Bohnert and Mrs. Effie Kurtz served refreshments. Go ahead! stay up late and listen to Barker's five minute bed-time story on television tonight at ten-thirty-five. Lodge Brings Island Troupe Medford Elks lodge is com pleting plans today for the appearance here of Hilo Hat tie and her troupe of Hawaiian entertainers. The troupe will make a three-day appearance beginning Thursday, October 30. To open the festive event, an island "luau" will be serv ed Thursday between 7 and 9 p.m., and will be repeated Friday and Saturday eve nings. Dancing will begin at 8 p.m. and the shows are scheduled at 9 and 11:15 p.m. Hilo Hattie, termed Ha waii's "ambassador of good will" has been known for years as a popular entertainer, and her revue features native songs and dances of the is lands. Carlyle Nelson directs the dance group. The elaborate plans for the event include" authentic is land decorations for the club house and a committee com posed of Ralph Matlack, Ray Huson and James Clark has already started work on these. Mrs. Frank Little is ticket chairman, and Monte Morris is advertising chairman. Wil liam Ruck is the lodge's social chairman for the year. Members are privileged to take guests, and reservations may be telephoned to SPring 2-6247, or SPring 2-6248. 4 Treat Trick Make cones of heavy orange paper. Fill wit assorted choc olates and cover with saran wrap. Pile on platter, and keep near the front door for trick-or-treaters. Professor Criticizes Dieting of Motheer-To-Be Pittsburgh - "Restriction of the expectant mother's diet to produce a smaller baby in volves the gravest of dang ers." This statement was made here by Dr. Samuel M. Wish ik, professor of maternal and child health of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public health.' He was speaking at the "Ad vances in Human Nutrition" symposium, attended by 375 nutrition scientists and doc tors from the U. S. and abroad. The two-day symposium was sponsored by H. J. Heinz company to mark the opening of the new Heinz Research center. Dr. Wishik said: ' "Routine restriction of the pregnant woman to a severe diet can harm the baby. On the other hand, the well-fed mother-to-be may well have an easier time with a larger baby, because both infant and mother are in good physical condition for delivery." Dr. Wishik said that over weight women do not have a markedly more difficult time in delivery than do under weight women. Further, he said, most women have little difficulty getting back to nor mal weight, even when they have gained greatly during pregnancy. Dr. Wishik said research shows that the pregnant wo man ana ner Dany ao noi share nutriments on any iarr basis. When there's insuffic ient nutrition, the mother will "take" the Vitamins, A, E, K, and iodine, and the unborn baby will be starved of these. But the unborn baby will take the iron and Vitamin C, and the mother will lack those nutriments. "Perhaps it is not true that a pregnant woman must 'eat for two'," he said. "But she should, however, be 'eating for one and a fraction.' " He said there is little evi dence to support the belief Apple Stick-Ups Halloween Treat New York -TOPD- When gob lins ring your doorbell on Hallowe'en, treat them to "apple stick-ups." Melt 2 pounds caramel can dy with 4 tablespoons water in top of double boiler. Stir in enough red food coloring to make dip a bright red. Cover a tray with about VA cups ginger snap crumbs (20 cookies). Spear apples with a small piskle or lobster fork, dip them into hot syrup and twirl until surface is com pletely coated. Set on crumbs, remove fork and insert candy stick. The gingery crumbs add flavor and keep apples from sticking to tray. Makes enough for 12 apples. Slimmer Tebaldi Acclaimed At Metropolitan Opening Br DELOS SMITH United Press International New York-flJPD-The "war of the prima donnas" has taken a new, dramatic turn-the hea vier of the two claimants for recognition as the world's greatest practicing operatic soprano, Italian style, has lost weight. This was revealed at the opening of the Metropolitan Opera's 75th year Monday night when Renata Tebaldi cut an admirably girlish fig ure and gave and out-of-this-world musical performance in the name role of the opera, "Tosca." A well-heeled audi ence applauded her until she and it were limp. It had to be well-healed; the best seats cost $40 each. Record Box Office The box office shared Miss Tebaldi's triumph. It took in 886,687 for the single per formance, a record for Ameri ca's oldest and most celebrat ed opera house. The previous record for opening night two seasons ago was $75,510. Opening night prices are jacked up several times over the regular tariff. There had been no previous announcement of Miss Te baldi's slimming and it occa sioned much comment. Not that she was ever very heavy when you think of the tradi tional well-upholstered Italian soprano, but her arch rival for topmost prima donna hon ors in the world's opera huses, Maria Meneghini Cal las, has had a lot of critical ac claim over the past few sea sons for her slender, girlish that toxemia is produced by weight-gain, rather than mere ly associated with fluid col lection in the mother's body. On the contrary, Dr. Wishik said, it seems more likely that there is a higher incidence of toxemia in women who fail to make normal weight gains during the first six months of pregnancy. Dr. Wishik said that the in- creased nutritional needs dur ing lactation are even greater than those during pregnancy: "Clearly; the volume of milk produced in one month by a .woman breast-feeding her baby is equal in mass to the size of the baby she produced over a nine-months period." Dr. Charles Glen King, ex ecutive director of the Nu trition Foundations, Inc., was honorary chairman for the symposium. H. J. Heinz II, president of H. J. Heinz company, was host for the two-day meeting. Mr. Heinz is also president of the Nutrition Foundation, Inc. 4 Auxiliary Members Hold Work Session Disabled American Veter ans' Junior auxiliary held a meeting October 18, at the home of Mrs. Harvey Cass man. One member, Cynthia Simmons, has moved to Grants Pass. Members made bracelets of walnut shells for a project. Paulette Simmons and Don na Thompson served refresh ments. Next meeting will be held November 15. WITCH'S HAT Create a witch's hat for Halloween by making a cone out of orange construction pa per, or use cardboard and cover with wrapping paper or paint. Cut a rim out of the same paper and tape to the underside of the hat. Stick toothpicks in the hat, each with a chocolate oh the end. Each "trick-or-treater" can pull out a chocolate, toothpick and all. Choose from One of These Famous Brands LENOX HAVILAND ROSENTHAL FLINTRIDGE SYRACUSE STANGL HUTSHENREUTHER PICARD SALEM HARKERWARE VERNONWARE FOSTORIA MELAMINE BOONTONWARE Over One Hundred Patterns in Stock Any Size Set Any Brand Only $10 It Costs Less to Own the Best" WHY WAIT? figure, although in all truth (in this critic's opinion) she is downright skinny. Tebaldi Gets Edge He would give the new Te baldi the edge here on the basis of her Tosca of Monday night. As singer and musician she was the old Tebaldi still; that is, superb. The quality and purity of her tones, the subtlety and color of her in tonations, the exquisite con trol she exercised over every nuance of the singer's art in these' vital matters and in everything else need to make the human " voice the most thrilling of musical instru ments, she showed her audi ence she has no rival. Miss Tebaldi was supported brilliantly Monday night by George London singing the villain role, Mario De Monaco singing that of the hero, and Dimitri Mitropoulos conduct ing the orchestra. There are only three really important parts in "Tosca" and the three singers gave the operatic melodrama considerable impact-as musical melodrama. Ruch Carnival Set For Friday Ruch Everything is lined up for the Hallowe'en carnival sponsored by the Ruch Parent Teacher association Friday, October 31, according to Vern Taylor, chairman of the event. An outdoor costume parade at 7:30 p.m. will start the ac tivities, and prizes will be given for the best costumes. A magician has been booked, and he will entertain fn the cafeteria at 7:45 pjn. The main carnival will start at 8:15 p.m. in th gymnasium and will include fortune telling, backetball throw, hoopla and a variety of games and con tests. . The decorating committee expect to have their ' work completed several days in ad vance, and foods committees are busy soliciting and pre paring a variety of refresh ments, according to Mr. Tay lor. A skit announcing the carnival will appear on tele vision Thursday. VOTE (X) Robert DUNCAN (X) Marijane DUNCAN DEMOCRATS RE-ELECT BOB Your Present State Representative for STATE REPRESENTATIVES Independent thinking and Cooperative Action Means Good Governmentl "GOOD GOVERNMENT IS YOUR BUSINESS" Pd. Adv. Duncans for Legislature Committee. Mark Norton, Chairman, Phoenix, Oregon Fabulous Fall SIP umnervare even. Down Qiarles Cox Here To Visit Family A valley visitor is Charlei Leroy Cox, Jacksonville, Fla, who is visiting his mother, ' Mrs. Opal Cox, 402 Ross lane; and two sisters, Mrs. Eugene Gemaehlich, 527 Effie avenue, and Mrs. Josephine Earrick, 1327 Woodland avenue. This is the first return trip to the valley in 10 years for Mr. Cox who will leave for Florida Wednesday. Vote for Larry SHEEHAN Democratic Candidate for SHERIFF Of Jackson County Our present Sheriff stated early this year that the reason he was not running for re-election was be cause there should be a change fh. the administration. I agree with the Sheriff. If you wish to retain the present administration, vote for my opponent. If you desire change, then vote for Larry Sheehan. Pd. for by Sheehan for Sheriff Comm. C. J. Babb, Chmn., Rogue River, Ore. Stauffer Home Reducing Plan VIRGINIA WICKERSHAM Counsellor Phone SP 2-9260 ELECT MARIJANE Worked with Bob in both '57 Sessions Balance in Monthly Payments Of Only $10.00 Per Month i i 4 i plus U. S. tax
